# Commission Decision of 31 October 2008 implementing Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards surveillance and eradication programmes and disease-free status of Member States, zones and compartments (notified under document number C(2008) 6264) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/177/EC), Article 2e: Exotic disease-free status


(1.) The appropriate authority for a constituent GB territory may declare that territory, or a zone or compartment thereof, free of one or more of the exotic diseases listed in Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008 if the condition in paragraph 2 is met.
(2.) The condition is that—
(a) none of the species susceptible to the disease in question are present in the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment;
(b) the pathogen is known not to be able to survive in the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment and its water source;
(c) susceptible species are present, but there has not been any observed occurrence of the disease in the constituent GB territory, zone or compartment for at least ten years; or
(d) the last known occurrence was within the last ten years, but targeted surveillance has not detected the disease on a farm, or in a mollusc farming area, that rears any of the susceptible species.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/177/article/2e (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-177/article-2e
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